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Erftstadt

Located in Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Cologne District Coordinates: 50°48′00″ N 6°47′05″ E

Erftstadt
HOWI - Horsch, Willy · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
48,772
48.8K
Elevation
98 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
25
listed under Erftstadt
When to go
June–September
See the climate
Airports
CGN Cologne Bonn Airport26 km
DUS Düsseldorf Airport54 km

About Erftstadt

Erftstadt is a village. Location: Rhein-Erft-Kreis, Cologne District. Population: 48,772. Elevation: 98 m.

From Wikipedia

Erftstadt (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁftˌʃtat] ) is a town located about 20 km south-west of Cologne in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis, state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was created in July 1969 by the merger of the town Lechenich and the municipalities Dorweiler, Erp, Pingsheim, Bliesheim, Kierdorf, Liblar, Dirmerzheim, Gymnich, Borr, Friesheim, Niederberg and Wissersheim. The name of the town derives from the river that flows through it, the Erft.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
120 km²
Official website
erftstadt.de

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Erftstadt

  • Brühl

Twin towns and sister cities of Erftstadt

  • Jelenia Góra· Poland
  • Panketal· Germany

Source: Wikidata. Only places with a page on this site are shown.

Population of Erftstadt over time

Population of Erftstadt over time
1975 41,030
2017 49,647
2018 52,508
2019 49,801
2020 50,060
2021 49,667
2022 49,882
2023 50,018
2024 48,772
2025 48,724

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Erftstadt

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–September.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 51 mm

Hottest month
August (day 24°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
July (69 mm)
Driest month
January (42 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Erftstadt
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)5°6°10°14°19°21°24°24°20°15°9°6°
Average low (°C)0°0°2°4°8°11°13°13°10°7°3°1°
Precipitation (mm)424249486266696653465149

Other places to visit in this season: June July August September

How to get to Erftstadt

The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), 26 km to the east as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Cologne, 19 km to the northeast.

Airports

  • Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 26 kmeast
  • Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 54 kmnorth
  • Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) Maastricht 73 kmwest

Nearby large cities

  • Cologne Population: 1M 19 kmnortheast
  • Bonn Population: 330.6K 23 kmeast
  • Leverkusen Population: 162.7K 29 kmnortheast
  • Bergisch Gladbach Population: 106.2K 32 kmnortheast
  • Neuss Population: 152.5K 45 kmnorth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Erftstadt

Within 100 km: 549 historic and cultural sites, 2,676 natural sites, 876 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km212 places

  • Kemper Werth Island 21 kmE
  • Liblarer See Lake 4 kmNE
  • Talsperre Steinbach Lake 24 kmS
  • Rotter See Lake 23 kmE

25–60 km1,367 places

  • Lac d'Eupen Lake 52 kmW
  • Schartenknopf Mountain 60 kmSW
  • Roderhöhe Mountain 55 kmSW
  • Petersberg Mountain 60 kmSW

60–100 km2,522 places

  • Île du Moulin Island 88 kmW
  • Île Monsin Island 83 kmW
  • Île de Franche Garenne Island 79 kmW
  • Lac de la Gileppe Lake 61 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Erftstadt

25 places
  1. 7 Erp 2.6K
  2. 8 Dirmerzheim 2.2K
  3. 9 Blessem 1.9K
  4. 10 Ahrem 1.1K
  5. 11 Niederberg 561
  6. 12 Herrig 538
  7. 13 Konradsheim 386

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Cities & villages11

Heritage & sights1

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

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